RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES trailer
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, directed by Rupert Wyatt and starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis, Brian Cox, and Tom Felton, opens Aug....
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Michael Shannon is Zod, more – News Links
Michael Shannon is heading to planet Houston. The Academy Award nominee (for Revolutionary Road) has nabbed the role of the supervillain Zod in Zack Snyder’s Superman: Man of Steel. He’ll join Henry Cavill (Superman), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Kevin Costner (Pa Kent) and Diane Lane (Ma Kent) in what may be the only Snyder movie I’ll ever look forward to seeing. (THR) Hallelujah. There’s a Jeff Buckley biopic on the way from music-video-director-turned-feature-filmmaker Jake Scott. The production already has the rights to Buckley’s music and will be based on the book Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley. (indieWire) Let Me In director Matt Reeves has been tapped to direct a remake of John Carpenter’s sci-fi classic They Live for Universal. (THR) Scott Cooper, who directed Jeff Bridges to an Oscar in Crazy Heart, will helm Out of the Furnace for...
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GREEN LANTERN 4-minute trailer from WonderCon
Now this is the Green Lantern footage we needed to see after that first (weak) trailer. Green Lantern, directed by Martin Campbell and starring Ryan Reynolds, Peter Sarsgaard, and Blake Lively, hits theaters on June 17,...
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Tom Hanks on 30 ROCK, more – News Links
Of all the high-profile appearances on 30 Rock (Oprah, Steve Martin, Jon Hamm), none may be as big as this: Tom Hanks took to Twitter to announce that he’ll guest star on the NBC comedy. (Twitter) Warren Beatty still has the motion picture and television rights to the Tribune Company’s Dick Tracy. A federal judged sided with Beatty saying that a Dick Tracy segment for Turner Classic Movies produced by Beatty was enough for him to retain the rights to the comic strip detective. Now Beatty can move forward with another major Dick Tracy project. (The Wrap) You know that The Three Stooges project the Farrelly Brothers have been developing since, well, before I started this blog. It looks like the cast is finally coming together. MadTV vet Will Sasso is set to play Curly, while Hank Azaria and James Marsden are...
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MAD MEN goes for six, more – News Links
Lionsgate, AMC, and executive producer Matthew Weiner are nearing to a deal that will keep everyone happy for two more seasons of Mad Men. Except the fans, that is. The drawn-out negotiations may force a delay in the premiere of season five. (Variety) Benicio Del Toro is in talks to join Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch in Oliver Stone‘s drug cartel drama The Savages. (Deadline) Can it really be that good? Fox is moving up Rise of the Apes from Thanksgiving to Aug. 5, making it the studio’s final tent pole of the packed season. The Planet of the Apes reboot is directed by Rupert Wyatt and stars James Franco and Freida Pinto. (Heat Vision) Netflix and Showtime are having a showdown. Just days after the Internet TV player announced its first original series, the premium cable network announced that under a new deal...
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CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER clip
Captain America: The First Avenger, directed by Joe Johnston and starring Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Stanley Tucci, and Tommy Lee Jones, opens July...
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